Obama coming to state for gun control

Staff reports :
April 2, 2013
: Updated: April 2, 2013 12:21pm

President Obama is coming to Connecticut Monday to push for gun control legislation, the White House confirmed Tuesday.

Obama, who last came to Connecticut two days after the Sandy Hook shootings, is scheduled to speak at the University of Hartford.

Obama is expected to be joined by several of the Newtown families who lost children in the Dec. 14 shootings.

The White House said in a statement Tuesday: "On Monday, April 8, President Obama will travel to the University of Hartford where he will continue asking the American people to join him in calling on Congress to pass common-sense measures to reduce gun violence."

Details of the visit will be announced later.

The presidential visit will come days after the state Legislature is expected to pass a package of gun control legislation.